It happened overnight.
You can scarcely believe the garbled transmissions coming through the radio or what you’re seeing on TV, but you don’t need to; you can see it for yourself, on the horizon. There must be hundreds, no, thousands of them out there, all inexplicably drawn by some sign of human life to the island, your island. The sun will only keep them at bay for so long.
Most of your neighbors have packed up and left already, but you have a feeling that they will not see the light of day. Use the remaining daylight you have left wisely.